Declaring the college admissions cheating scandal an affront to students, USC's journalists will independently investigate.
The suit claims elite universities named in a college admissions bribery case cheated thousands of students out of a fair shot.
The board also voted for a new teachers contract hours after the county warned it is not sustainable.
A Porter Ranch teacher is suing the teachers union and the LAUSD, alleging she was forced to pay dues without her consent.
Prosecutors contend the founder misspent about $2.5 million on expensive clothing, luxury hotel stays and first-class flights.
The union for Los Angeles teachers said its 33,000 members will strike Jan. 10 if a deal isn't reached before then.
The LA Archdiocese dozens of priests accused of abusing children going back decades. Most of the priests are long dead or defrocked.
The LA teachers union released reports claiming the new superintendent spent more time at lavish meals with charter backers than at schools.
As LA County Sheriff's investigators look into a video of an autistic boy being bullied, authorities work to teach kids how to intervene.
With the teachers union flatly rejecting the LAUSD contract offer, the possibility of a walkout for the first time since 1989 is real.
The LAUSD offered 6 percent raises and some class-size reductions, but the teachers' union called it an insulting stunt.
The teachers union and the district can't agree on classroom size, raises and tougher accountability for charter schools.
Tuesday marked the first day of the new school year as hundreds of thousands returned to class amid the looming threat of a teachers' strike
Graduation rates in LAUSD dipped to just 76 percent in 2016-17, school district officials announced.
Seven more women allege they were sexually abused by the USC Student Health Center gynecologist while the university allowed it.
As the lawsuits pile up against USC for allegedly tolerating sexual abuse by the school Gynecologist's, USC officials are on the defensive.
The union representing LAUSD teachers says its members will walk out in solidarity with striking service union workers next week.
LA Unified School Board Member Ref Rodriguez was arrested in Pasadena on suspicion of public drunkenness and released without charge.
The UC Board of Regents approved a tuition increase for out-of-state students, whose fees help UCLA, Berkeley and UCSD afford expansions.
Students across LAwill take part in the national movement honoring their fallen Parkland peers while demanding action to curb gun violence.
Two San Fernando Valley fathers are charged with failing to secure their guns after their sons' allegedly threatened school shootings.
Police are investigating whether former Dolphin Jonathan Martin threatened Harvard-Westlake School on Instagram.
LAUSD Board of Education voted to stick with early summer starts and long winter breaks for schools in Studio City.
Crisis Text Line reportedly saw a 900 percent increase in bullying reports from Muslim students after Donald Trump won the presidency.
The state superintendent said school lunch programs are more streamlined thanks to an automated system.
The Los Angeles Unified Board of Education voted unanimously to create a smart phone app to replace robocalls.
The LA City Ethics Commission will have an outside officer oversee the case against LAUSD Board of Education member Ref Rodriguez: BREAKING.
After being called out by UCLA on the spelling of Shakespeare's name on an expensive new statue, USC defended the unusual spelling: BREAKING
An obscure commission voted to hike LAUSD Board salaries from $45,637 a year to $125,000.
The preliminary results from Tuesday's election spell a swing in the LAUSD board's majority toward a pro-charter school stance: BREAKING.
Three Studio City students were named National Merit Scholars, earning $2,500 college scholarships.
The LA school board voted to ban immigration officials from campus even if they have valid subpoenas unless the superintendent approves it.
A sixth-grader from the Valley won the LA County Spelling Bee, heading to the state challenge after nailing antecedence" and "coincidental."
LA schools took all four top spots in the state Academic Decathlon championship, and San Fernando Valley schools came in 1st and 2nD.
Next year, LAUSD students will get three-week winter breaks and a start date in mid-August.
Los Angeles Valley College authorities confirmed that a "malicious" hacker attacked the community college over the holidays.
While fitness among students is dropping statewide, LAUSD students are faring even worse with less than a third meeting state standards.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California will give out $233,000 to deserving high school students with a 2.7 G.P.A. or higher.
Students in Los Angeles will start the school year in early September instead of mid-August.
The program to provide a free year at Los Angeles Community College District was inspired by calls made under America's College Promise.